Romeo gained 2 more qualifying passes and gained his
Community Companion Dog title

(handled by Mara)

At the
age of 10 1/2 years he is now

Champion Mikulov
Luv Struck Romeo ET CGC CCD

and is the
companion and pet of Chantelle

an
old dog who learned enough new tricks to get this obedience title!

At the Adelaide Royal Show in September both Logan and Bindi
won their respective Puppy classes, with Logan going on to win Best Puppy of
Breed.

At the SA Poultry and Kennel Club Show there he won
Best of Breed and Runner Up to Best in Group - what a bonus!

The Adelaide Royal is a benched show, which means that each dog is allocated
a space where it stays when not being judged or exercised. This gives
the public a lot of access to the dogs and ours are always looking for
cuddles, or treats from their "new best friends" who walk past in a constant
stream.

2008 - a year of looking after litters of pups - most of
them not ours!

(but loving it anyway!)

And through it all - the stress and sorrow of
watching Jacki's long awaited and much loved litter fade and die - one after
another - until only Phoenix was left - a
silver girl who developed an infection in both eye sockets before her
eyes opened. The damage left scarring to the surface of both eyeballs
and she was virtually blind, with her right eyeball removed on 22 December
after it was accidentally pierced.

Phoenix had the best home in Canberra. Her courage,
strong will to live and inquisitive and bold nature, together with her
strong bonding to people made it too difficult to euthanise her when her
lack of vision was confirmed.

Sadly, she became epileptic as
she matured, so was released to run free and all-seeing in January 2011

We were asked to take in Sable an Alaskan Malamute who was
pregnant and in a local Council Dog Pound. Though we don't take in Malamutes
we could not go past this too young dog in need. On 6 July she had 4
pups (luckily pure-bred) and was taken in by Stephen and Jenae in Canberra
who raised the pups and kept Sable and her son.

Sable had too
much emotional baggage to live with her son - she became so stressed when
they were separated that she destroyed parts of the house and fencing to get
close to Bear - so she went to a different home in December
2009.

DeeDee's pups were born in the Queanbeyan Council Dog Pound
on 25 October. 3 males who quickly found the best homes with families
who were happy to give a great home to a pup which was possibly a
cross-bred.

DeeDee went to a great recreational running home
where her Husky energy and ability were harnessed to good use

Saffi had a litter of 3 beautiful female pups on 9 July.

They were sired by

Ch Aeukanmanuva Im Too Saxy

the two
grey females survived.

Also in July we welcomed Dazzle who came to live with
us

Tutuamaiao Skys The Limit- a special grey and white girl (with bright blue eyes) whose
face markings gave her an "evil" look as a young pup. But looks can be
deceiving - and Dazzle is a real angel who lives to please - and to play

Sire: Ch Foxfire
Hey Big Spender

(Imp South Africa)

Dam: Ch Sibaska
Starr Chardonnay

She won Best Baby Puppy in Show at her third Show - Tullamore KC
on 12 August

At her first show over 6 months old (Far South East KC) she won Best of
Breed and Best Minor Puppy in SHOW - 8 November

We took some of our dogs to the Endurance Test run by Dogs ACT in Canberra
on 29 June

We were successful with all of the dogs we took and these include:

Salazar Sleepless Seatle ET

ROGER - Sibaska Guns In The Sky CGC ET

(pictured at right with David)

The sisters (Rebel and Cricket):

Ch Tarshona High Voltage CGC ET

&

Ch Tarshona Black Magic ET

In May we took some of the dogs through the testing needed for them to gain
their Canine Good Citizen (CGC) titles. The very rigorous testing took
all day, and the dogs worked well and gained this title.

Ch
Mikulov Love Struck Romeo ET CGC

Ch Mikulov
Outback Jack ET CGC

Mikulov Hell Raiser CGC

Ch Tarshona High Voltage CGC

Sibaska Guns In The Sky
CGC

Romeo, Biggles and Razor after they passed the Canine Good Citizen Test

Mara's parents sold the
family home in May, moving about 15 houses down the street

Many people pitched in
and helped with the move - at quite short notice, as it turned out.

Happy to say that they
have settled in to their new house - which has a much smaller and
easy to manage garden

The first few months saw our two pups doing their share of
winning in local Show rings in various Puppy classes. Meanwhile, the
adult dogs were picking up Challenge points needed for Championship titles.

Here, Bindi won Best Minor Puppy in Show at NSW Western Region on April 6

Sibaska Star Shines On

Mikulov Flaming Arrow

~ Logan ~

Best Baby Puppy in Show

ACTCA Amenities Show on Easter Monday

and
also at

Adelong Show Society - 13 April

On 10 occasions both of these young dogs won their age class in group -
at the same Show!

More often than not, one of them went through to win the age Class in Show

Exciting times for us - piloting these two young dogs around!

Salazar Sleepless Seatle

Satine came to stay with us here and we took her to shows. Such good
company - she was a real lady who enjoyed evenings resting on the couch,
watching television.

Not a slouch when it came to the show
ring - she picked up a swag of CC points towards that
Championship title.

Owned by Karen Bryant in
Adelaide and bred by Ken and Louise Steinman

The first Championship title of
2008 was gained by the lovely black and white dog

Tarshona Spellbound Magic and Sibaska Star Shines On are the main
stars!

Hot weather (it is summer after all) and the joy of baby
puppies growing up started off the year

Combined with a restful Christmas
- New Year break in Adelaide with Richard's family

That was a lot of fun and as a bonus Razor won a Best Puppy in Show on
New Years Day!

Mikulov
Hell Raiser

Best Puppy in Show

Keeshond Club of SA all breeds Championship
show - Gawler SA

We took Coco in last November - she had been
abandoned at Four Paws Inn Pet Boarding at Taree, NSW, and we thank the
owners there - Barry and Linda Coglan - for the care and
compassion they showed Coco when her pregnancy became obvious.

They transported her towards Newcastle - the first leg of her
journey to our place, near Canberra. Coco whelped 3 female pups on 19
November 2007